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a Composition:

 

2000:

Dedalus Fragment

for small ensemble (flute, viola, cello, celeste, piano)

 

Listen to Extract 1:

 

Listen to Extract 2:

 

(performed by RSAMD ensemble [Matthew Studdert-Kennedy - flute, John Harris - celeste, Matthew Brown - piano, Nicola Boag - viola, Peter Nicholson - cello])

 

An inconsequential clockwork miniature for flute, celeste, piano, viola and cello. Mechanism gets broken down by line. Line becomes melodic fragment. There are shadows. Melody has nowhere to go. Music stops.